An Algorithm for Dissemination and Retrieval of Information in Wireless Ad Hoc Networks
H. Miranda, S. Leggio, L. Rodrigues, and K. Raatikainen.
Proceedings of the Euro-Par 2007, Rennes, France, August 2007.
Abstract
Replication of data items among different nodes of a wireless
infrastructureless network may be an efficient technique to increase
data availability and improve data access latency. This paper proposes
a novel algorithm to distribute data items among nodes in these
networks. The goal of the algorithm is to deploy the replicas of the
data items in such a way that they are sufficiently distant from each
other to prevent excessive redundancy but, simultaneously, they remain
close enough to each participant, such that data retrieval can be
achieved using a small number of messages. The paper describes the
algorithm and provides its performance evaluation for several
different network configurations.
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Luís Rodrigues